[Leica] Brush strokes

[images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)]

Of course I know that, Larry.  But the photo has to be accepted before it
is printed.  Just try and get a photo accepted by a stock agency or even a
direct submission to a magazine.  Their standards remain high as their
compensation continues to decrease.  Most stock agencies have a list of
cameras that are permitted and those that are not.  They will not even
review photos from substandard cameras.  I assume they have their reasons
based on experience.

Tina


On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:02 PM, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote:

>  Jayanand,
> I almost completely agree. In the 48 years that I have been married to my
> professional fine artist wife, and the dozen years that I have been an art
> critic for for NY and Connecticut newspapers, I can count on one hand the
> number of times that I heard an artist obsess about the brand of paint or
> brush used in making a painting. There are exceptions, of course. Water
> colorists still argue about the nature of the paper used and there used to
> be discussions about whether oil or acrylic paint was better. But by and
> large paintings are judged by their inherent interest, their use of color,
> by their novelty. and by the way the artist has chosen to reveal his or her
> private vision.
>
>
> The LUG is an unusual forum in that it combines a venue for exhibiting
> photos, a sometimes well informed but often poorly informed podium for
> discussion technical issues, and a soapbox for opinionated proclamations of
> brand loyalty. I enjoy it. It is like a good pub conversation but it is
> only rarely an educational experience,
>
>
> Tina should remember that a picture printed in a magazine has been
> rephotographed one or more times to make the printing plates and is subject
> to the inherent limitations of the rotogravure or letterpress process.
> Quality is lost at each step. A river doesn't rise higher than its source.
> Compare the magazine or book picture with a first generation original to
> see what I mean.?
> Larry Z
>
>
> - - - - -
>
>
> What is more important - the technical quality of a photograph or the
> artistic merits? Most of this obsessing about lenses, sensor types, camera
> bodies, etc are all about the former, because you can measure it. The
> latter, though far more important, cannot be measured at all, so is
> ignored!!!
>
>
> In no other art form that I am aware of are the tools discussed ad nauseum,
> and nobody discusses, or cares about, the end product at all. Even in
> music, where tools are important, they are relegated to a distant second
> place with respect to the actual performance/recording.
>
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
>
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